CRUISE ALABAMA’S LARGEST COUNTY AND SEE HISTORIC FORT MORGAN ON MOBILE BAY …

Beginning at The Derailed Diner, a transportation themed diner where you will be seated in an actual Railroad Dining Car for the best meal you will ever have west of the Florida line and east of Exit 52. The Derailed Diner is located on I-10 West Bound at the Oasis Travel Center, Exit 53 (27801 Hwy 64, Robertsdale, Al, to be exact), www.deraileddiner.com .

After feeding your body and your Camaro, we will embark on a 75 mile cruise through beautiful Baldwin County, Alabama’s largest land mass county. The route will take you through tall pine forests and the heart of the county’s fertile farm lands, down modern highways and rural county roads until you reach historic Fort Morgan that since 1834, along with Fort Gaines to its west, has been the Guardian of the Bay once protecting Mobile Bay from Admiral D.G. Farragut and the Union Navy.

The background for our photo will be one of the enormous concrete ammunition batteries that were manned during the Spanish-American War, WW I and WW II until the Fort was deactivated and turned over to the State of Alabama in 1946.

A Guided tour of the Fort has been arranged after the cruise for those wishing to get a closer look at a piece of American History. Please let me know if you are interested. There is no charge to enter the park or for the tour.

Upon your departure of the Fort, a return trip home can include a relaxing drive down Alabama's Gulf Coast and into Florida's western most tip of the panhandle or a quick run up to I-10 for the dash east or west.

Cruise route maps will be provided during lunch should we get separated (you know it happens sometimes…)

I am looking forward to seeing everyone there.

DATE: SEPTEMBER 10, 2011TIME: LUNCH AT 11:30amPLACE: THE DERAILED DINER, EXIT 53 ON I-10 WEST